Deadline near for Flint absentee voter applications

FLINT, MI – Voters in Flint who want to cast an absentee ballot in next week’s general election must apply by Saturday.

The paperwork must be completed by 2 p.m. Nov. 2, according to a statement from Clerk Inez Brown.

Reasons for requesting an absentee ballot include: people who are 60 or older voters who will be out of town on election day those who are physically unable to attend the polls without the assistance of others people who can’t visit their polling location because of their religion individuals in jail awaiting arraignment or trial

There are contested elections in six of the Flint’s nine wards.

Voters who previously voted at Bryant, Washington, Manley, Summerfield and Zimmerman schools have polling new locations for the Nov. 5 general election.